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Show Images of Abraham Lincoln v By ILMO SCOTT WATSON TT TT y 1111 t''0 i'i",inK f t'i'i"'"iry 12 V 1 V J I "" ",e celebration of l.tncohi'ii t J M I . btrtliilny In more tlmn linlf of HM t !io mutes of ilio Union and w ith J tlio utiMcrviiiii'tf of the iiiinlvor- r-?-y! 1 r.v 111 various forms throuuli- I U V I "lu l'""""'.v' America will jk I k have ample reason for roiiioin-Yvjj roiiioin-Yvjj IiciIiik ho inline tun! fume of I I one ttf her rentest aims. Hut there Is nnotlier fonn of romom- bianco of Aliraliniii l.liu-oln which servos lo rival lilin to Ills fellow-Americans In every juirt of the country, not, on Just oi.o day of he year, hut on every day. Wo, as u people, have oli'vated Lincoln to a podoMnl, In the splilinal sense, it pedestal of love mid honor and reverence. So from many a pedestal, in tht pIisloal souse, does the hronzo or Mono linage of Lincoln g:t. down at tho people ho delight thus to honor him. While It would he Idle lo arue as to who was the greatest great-est American. If ihe number of statues of hint that have heon envied Is any criterion, then It teems coria n hat Lincoln Is that man. For these Images of Lincoln, porlraylni; lilin In j all the varied phases of his career, are to be found in IS stales of he I nlon, from Massachusetts Massachu-setts tn i!iv,mi and from Minnesota lo Kentucky, as well as In tin. IM.Mrici of t'olnml.la. I'roof that he has ho. ome a w orhl tl.-ure lies 111 the fact that K::i.'!and has lira statues of him ami Seot-laivl Seot-laivl one. or th..-o in this country. Illinois, the s:.i:e whieh tae hint o the nation, hns ha i laruft nun.hi.r - twelve, t'uri.mslv enoiiKh. Keu-; Keu-; t ''. the state ,if his h'.rlli, lias only three fewer l.an New Jersey, New York. Ohio ami lV!!i:si an:a. none of whiih have any such spe-i spe-i c!al eouneetii.il with his life, lnd.ana, where Lincoln l:i'.l as a hoy, from his seventh to his twenty first jear, has only two and hoth of theso were erected very recently. One of lie two ln.liana statues Is especially significant. Amonj; the many linages of Lincoln are representatives of hint as the railsplitter, the uil'ltla captain, the lawyer, the eon.Tessman. th circuit rider, the dehater, the candidate for l'res-Id.ont, l'res-Id.ont, the rresideiu elect, the rresident. th Kninncipntor and the orator. All of them show liliu In his early manhood and his maturity, and connected with the erection of virtually all of them was some element of public co-oporat'.on. I'll t It remained for private enterprise to furnish fur-nish a new sculpture portrait of Lincoln and In 2'Jo2 the Lincoln National Life Insurance company com-pany unveiled in the plaza between the two wins of Its building In Fort Wayne, Ind., a heroic bronze statue of "Lincoln, the Hoosier Youth." the work of a leadini; American sculptor, I'aul Manship. Itut this private enterprise has done ruore in the establishment of the Lincoln ------ , ;a f ' I t r ' M " if i ' - ', ' - l - : M I- " SS-'i , ; ...... FIRST LINCOLN STATUE Made by Lott Flannery, it was unveiled In 1868 and stands in front of the District of Columbia court house in Washington. National Life foundation, under the direction of Dr. Louis A. Warren, a Lincoln scholar, and along with the unveiling of the new Lincoln statue this foundation Issued an Important piece of Lincoluiana, a book bearing the title of "Heroic StatueB In Bronze of Abraham Lincoln," by Franklin B. Mea"o. This compilation. Illustrated with photographs, shows that there have been erected no less than 54 such statues and gives Interesting data concerning con-cerning the location, dates of dedication, names of the sculptors, facts about their careers, etc. From this source the following tabulation of Lincoln Lin-coln statues In bronze, listing them In the alphabetical alpha-betical order of states and countries In which they are located, is condensed: CALIFORNIA: Lincoln, the President, by Halg Patlglan. Located In front of the city ball In San Francisco's civic center. Dedicated February Febru-ary 12, 1013. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Thomas Ball. Located In Lincoln Lin-coln park. Washington, D. C. Dedicated In 1S70. ENGLAND: Lincoln, the President, replica of the St. Gaudens statue In Lincoln park, Chicago. Located In front of Westminster Abbey. Dedicated Dedi-cated In 1020. Lincoln, the Candidate, by George Gray Barnard. Bar-nard. Replica of the Barnard statue In Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. Located in Piatt Field park In Manchester. Dedicated In 1010. ILLINOIS: Lincoln, the President, by Augustus Au-gustus St. Gaudens. Located In Lincoln park, Chicago. Dedicated In 1SST. Lincoln, the Railsplitter. by Charles J. Mulll-gau. Mulll-gau. Located in Garfield park, Chicago. Dedicated Dedicat-ed In 1011. Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Larkin Goldsmith Gold-smith Mead. Located on the Lincoln tomb, , f t , ' f ; . 5 i ' , . . t , v V i- . ;. ' ,.y , i f " r 1 ' SpriiiKtleld. Liedlciiled In 1S7L Lincoln, the Orator, by W. uranvnie Hastings. Has-tings. Kcplloa of the Hastings Htatue In Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. Located In Hunker 11I1L Dedicated In li-l. Lincoln, the Captain, by Leonard Crunelle. I.ocnted on the site of tho old Dixon blockhouse In Dison. Led!catod In lOilO. Lincoln, the Debater, t.y Leonnrd Crunelle locateil In Taykor park In Freeport. Deillcated In 1020. Lincoln, the Circuit Rider, by Ix.rado Taft. Located In Carle park In Urhana. LVdlcated In 1027. INDIANA: Lincoln, the Hoosler Youth, by Paul Manship. Located In the plaza of the Lincoln National Life Insurance company building In Fort Wayne. Dedicated In 10:12. Lincoln, the President, by Charles Keck. Located Lo-cated In front of the court house at Wabash. Dedicated In 1P:S2. IDAHO: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Alfonso Pelzer. Replica of the Felr.er statue at Lincoln, N. J. Ioeated In front of Lincoln hall at the Idaho Soldiers' home. Poise. Dedicated February. Febru-ary. 12. 101.'.. IOWA: Lincoln, the Orator, by W. Granville Hastings. Replica of the Hastings statue In Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. Located before the Green county court house In Jefferson. Dedicated In 101. Lincoln, the Orator, by George E. Ganlere. Located lu front of the hiirh school In Webster City. Dedicated In 1013. KANSAS: Lincoln, the President, by Robert Merrill Gage. Located on the statehouse grounds, Topeka. Dedicated February 12, 1013. KENTUCKY: Lincoln, the President, by Adolph A. Weinman. Located In the rotunda of the statehouse at Frankfort, Dedicated In 1011. Lincoln, the President, by Adolph A. Weinman. Wein-man. Located at Hodgenville. Dedicated In RfO. Lincoln, the Candidate, by George Gray Barnard. Replica of the Barnard statue In Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. Located In front of the public library In Louisville. Dedicated In 1022. MASSACHUSETTS: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Thomas RalL Replica of the Ball statue In Washington. D. C. Located In Park square In Boston. Dedicated In 1S70. MICHIGAN: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Alfonso Al-fonso Pelzer. Replica of the Telzer statue at Lincoln, N. J. Located In Detroit. Dedicated In 1010. Lincoln, the President, by Charles H. Nie-haus. Nie-haus. Located in the public square In Muskegon. Ledlcated In 10XK1. MINNESOTA: Lincoln, the Congressman, by Max Bachman. Located In the G. A. R. circle of the Victory Memorial drive In Minneapolis. Dedicated Ded-icated In 1030. NEBRASKA: Lincoln, the Orator, by Daniel Chester French. Located on the state capitol grouuds at Lincoln. Dedicated in 1022. Lincoln, the Lawyer, by Franz Zelezny. Located Lo-cated on the high school lawn In Omaha. Dedicated Dedi-cated In 1007. NEW JERSEY: Lincoln, the President, by Francis Edwin ElwelL Located In East Orange. Dedicated In 1011. Lincoln, the Statesman, by James Earle Fraser. Located In the plaza at the entrance to West Side park In Jersey City. Dedicated In 1031. , Lincoln, the President, by Gutzon Borglum. Located on the plaza before the Essei county court house in Newark. Dedicated In 1011. NEW YORK: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by nenry Kirke Brown. Located In Prospect park, Brooklyn. Dedicated In 1S09. Lincoln, the Orator, by Henry Kirke Brown. Located In Union square. New York. Dedicated In 1870. Lincoln, the Orator, by Leonard W. Volk. Located Lo-cated In Rochester. Dedicated In 1S92. OHIO: Lincoln, the Candidate, by George Gray Barnard. Located In Lytle park, Cincinnati. Dedicated Ded-icated In 1017. Lincoln, the Orator, by W. Granville Hastings. Hast-ings. Located on the grounds of the Avondale school In Cincinnati. Dedicated In 1902. Lincoln, the Orator, by Max Kallsh. Located In front of the Administration building of the school board. Dedicated In 1031. OREGON: Lincoln, the President, by George F. Waters. Located In the park In front of the Masonic temple In Portland. Dedicated In 102S. PENNSYLVANIA: Lincoln, the Orator, by J. Otto Schweizer. Located In a niche on the side of the Pennsylvania state memorial at Gettysburg. Dedicated In 1917. Lincoln, the Emancipator, by Alfonso Pelzer. Replica of the Pelzer statue In Lincoln, N. J. Located in Wlnkinsburg. Dedicated in 1916. SCOTLAND: Lincoln, the Emancipator, by George E. Blssell. Located In the Carlton burial ground In Edinburgh. Dedicated In 1S93. WASHINGTON: Lincoln, the President, by At- .: . : v -:r K . - " , - , . : I: .4 i LINCOLN, THE PRESIDENT Statue by Gutzon Borglum, In Newark, N. J. fonso Victor Lewis. Located In the business section sec-tion of Spokane. Ledlcated in 1930. Another Lincoln statue by the same sculptor which was dedicated In 191S stands In Tacoma. WISCONSIN: Lincoln, the President, by George E. Ganlere. Located In Burlington. Dedicated In 1913. Lincoln, the President, by Charles H. Nle-baus. Nle-baus. Replica of the Niehas statue In Muskegon, Muske-gon, Mich. Located In Keuosha, Dedicated In 1909. Lincoln, the President, by Adolph A. Weln-mau. Weln-mau. Replica of the Weinman statue In Hodgen-vllle, Hodgen-vllle, Ky. Located In Madison. Dedicated In 1000. Long as Is this list It Is not a complete one, In that It Includes only statues of bronze. Outstanding Out-standing among the stone Images of Lincoln Is I i 'I 1t V i J IIP' ; : J V'h i : ' i if .! U .1 a i-ii i Hi i ABRAHAM LINCOLN Statue by Vlnnle Ream In the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. the magnificent figure, created by Daniel Chester French, which helps so much to make the Lincoln Lin-coln Memorial In Washington the splendid and awe-inspiring edifice that It is. Then there Is also In Washington the first statue of Lincoln ever made. Lott Flannery was the sculptor and It was unveiled April 1Q, 1S6S, Just a little less than three years after Lincoln's assassination. Washington also has another famous Lincoln statue which stands In the rotuuda of the Capitol. Cap-itol. It was made by Vinnie Ream, a twenty-two-year-old girl from Wisconsin who went to Washington Wash-ington to study art and took a position as a copyist copy-ist In the Post Office department at $000 a year to support herself aud her father. Clark Mills, the sculptor w ho made the famous "rocking horse statue" of Andrew Jackson which stands near the White House, discovered her talent and be came her Instructor In modeling. by Western Newspaper Union. |